Speaking after the markets closed, White House press secretary Jay Carney welcomed a "new willingness" among congressional Republicans to open the government and avoid default but said the president would not agree to tie budget negotiations to a (...)
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) welcomed new members Bhutan and Somalia at the opening of its 129th Assembly in Geneva today whilst Egypt must wait to have a parliament again before it can rejoin the Organization. Somalia's re-affiliation to IPU (...)
A former leading U.S. military commander asserted that the administration of President Barack Obama worked to destabilize the regimes of Bahrain and Egypt.[Ret.] Gen. Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the (...)
With a deadline for raising the debt limit fast-approaching, House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has been telling colleagues in recent days that he will do whatever is necessary to avoid defaulting on the federal debt, including relying on House (...)
Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and exchanged gunfire with armed groups in Giza's Kerdasa district (15km from Cairo) early on Thursday, state TV reported.
A security source told Ahram Online that 51 people had been arrested during the raid (...)
Nasr City misdemeanour court decided on Thursday to postpone the review of a case filed against former vice president for international relations, Mohamed ElBaradei, to 19 October.
The case, filed by Dr. Sayed Ateeq, head of the Criminal Law (...)
The Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Ali Beshr was prevented from travelling to Dubai from Cairo International Airport on Thursday.
Beshr – one of the few senior Brotherhood officials not in jail – was detained while authorities checked if there was a (...)
The Commentary magazine asked : How bad has 2013 been for Barack Obama? Let us count the ways.the American magazine emphasized in a report by Peter Wehner that in the first year of his second term, the president has failed on virtually every front. (...)
Envoys from the five permanent UN Security Council member states will meet in New York on Wednesday to discuss plans to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control, diplomats said.
Among the topics to be discussed by US, British, (...)
- A small improvised bomb, weighing 200 grams, attached to a vehicle exploded in the northern city of Tripoli slightly injuring one person, the Lebanese Army said Sunday.
A statement by the army said that the bomb occurred in Al-Quba area causing (...)
Syria welcomes a Russian proposal to place the nation's chemical weapons under international control, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said on Monday after talks in Moscow, praising the Kremlin for seeking to "prevent American aggression",. (...)
A former British sergeant has denied allegations that he shot the bodies of Iraqis who were barely alive but still "twitching" after a gun battle in 2004.
Former Sergeant Paul Kelly, who was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry in Iraq, said there (...)
Thousands of Tunisian protesters, mainly supporters of the opposition Salvation Front besides other opposition parties, rallied at Bardo Square in front of the National Constituent Assembly on Saturday evening.
The Salvation Front called for the (...)
Military strike against Syria is not in the interest of any state in the region, visiting Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif said in Baghdad Sunday.
Speaking at a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar (...)
Mounting tension in the Middle East will negatively affect global economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, host of the currently-held G20 Summit, warned on Friday.
Speaking at a news conference at the summit venue in the ancient city of Saint (...)
European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, who represented the European Union at the G20 in Saint Petersburg, Friday said they "are pleased that the European Union's objectives for this summit (...)
Militants bombed adjacent houses belonging to two Shiite Muslim brothers south of Baghdad early on Wednesday morning, killing 18 members of their families, security and medical officials said.
The bombs targeted the houses in the town of Latifiyah, (...)
Toyota is recalling 200,000 vehicles worldwide for a hybrid-system problem and another 169,000 vehicles for an engine bolt defect.
Toyota Motor Corp. spokeswoman Shino Yamada said Wednesday there were no accidents related to either recall.
The first (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned America and its allies against taking one-sided action in Syria.
He said any military strikes without UN approval would be "an aggression".
US President Barack Obama has called for punitive action in (...)
A woman has died in Qatar after contracting the MERS coronavirus, becoming the first recorded fatality from the SARS-like virus in the Gulf state, local press reported on Wednesday.
The 56-year-old Qatari victim, who already had chronic illnesses, (...)
The "Washington Post" said that members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee reached an agreement late Tuesday on the wording of a new resolution authorizing U.S. military force against the Syrian government.
The resolution would permit up to (...)
Americans widely oppose launching missile strikes against the Syrian government for its alleged use of chemical weapons, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that finds little appetite for military action across the country despite a (...)
Four police personnel were injured Saturday night in an armed attack by unknown assailants at the church of Abu Seifein on the outskirts of the Suez Canal city of Port Said.
The police forces who were at the scene guarding the church were attacked (...)
One of the major squares in Luxor in Upper Egypt has been given the name of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in recognition of the Kingdom's support for Egypt against terrorism, an official said.
“Giving King Abdullah's name to the (...)
Mohamed Badie, the top leader of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, suffered a heart attack while in jail but his condition has since stabilised.
Badie, the Brotherhood's general guide, and many other leaders have been arrested in recent weeks in the (...)